More than most bands, Dinosaur Jr. left behind some unfinished business -- not just in one regard but two.
First, there was the notoriously acrimonious dismissal of original bassist Lou Barlow after the group's third album, Bug, just before the band made the leap to the majors, but when the time came for guitarist/singer/songwriter J Mascis to retire the band's name, he slyly turned the words of his idol Neil Young upside down, choosing to fade away rather than burn out.
After 1997's Hand It Over, Mascis ran out the clock, bringing his contract with Sire/Reprise to a close, doing some solo acoustic tours before forming the Fog and cutting a couple records with them without making any real impact outside of his devoted fans.
And since he didn't break beyond his cult, Dinosaur Jr. seemed to belong solely to the history books -- the band that bridged the gap between the Replacements and Nirvana, the band that was seminal but not widely popular, a band that for whatever reason wasn't passed down to younger brothers and sisters the way their Boston compatriots the Pixies were.
Perhaps it was because, unlike the Pixies, they summed up their times too well, since there was no other alt-rock musician that was as quintessentially slacker as J Mascis.
With his laconic drawl and anthems of ambivalence, he was a figurehead for a generation who chose to stay on the sidelines, so sliding away from the spotlight was a logical path for Mascis: he never seemed to really want the fame, so it seemed that he'd be happier on the fringe, which is where he wound up.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almost Ready | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 2 | Crumble | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Back to Your HeartLou Barlow | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | This Is All I Came to Do | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 39 MB |
| 5 | Been There All the Time | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | It's Me | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 05:14 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 7 | We're Not Alone | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | I Got Lost | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | Lightning BulbLou Barlow | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | What If I Knew | Dinosaur Jr. | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | Yer Son | Dinosaur Jr | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 45 mins | 105 MB | |||||
| 45 mins | 315 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Agnello | Engineer, Mixing |
| 2 | Lou Barlow | Composer |
| 3 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 4 | Dinosaur Jr. | Primary Artist |
| 5 | J Mercis | Audio Production, Composer |
| 6 | Justin | Audio Engineer |
| 7 | J Mascis | Producer |
| 8 | Rick Myers | Artwork, Design |
| 9 | Justin Pizzoferrato | Engineer |
| 10 | Burk Uzzle | Cover Photo |
| 11 | Philipp Virus | Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |